The Vaccine Could Create a False Sense of Security
Every healthcare authority that has advocated HPV vaccinations always adds that the vaccine should not be seen as a substitute for regular testing, but what if the vaccine lulls young women into a false sense of security? Gardasil protects only against HPV types 16 and 18. It does not protect against more than a dozen other types of HPV responsible for 30 percent of cervical cancers. What if women don’t realize the necessity of regular Pap tests or use the vaccine as an excuse to avoid inconvenient or unpleasant visits to the gynecologist? As a result, some pre-cancerous conditions may go undetected before it's too late.
The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported potentially analogous problems with the chickenpox vaccine -- not only did the incidence of illness among those vaccinated increase over time, so did the severity of the illness itself.
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These vaccines should not be given out until a certain specified age (my vote would be somewhere in the 12-15 range), once the girl is old enough to decide for herself whether they want the shot. Yes, there will be the ones who won't want it just because they are afraid of needles, but if a girl strongly believes they are at risk, they will ask for the shot. this is about rights and freedom more than anything.
But more on topic, yes! This shot could povide a false sense of security, just like a condom could do for contraception. A vaccination is not an excuse to go be promiscuous because you think you're "not at risk." Few things in the medical field are 100%...